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Uncle Remus; Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin (Classic Reprint)
Uncle Remus Mr Fox Mr Rabbit and Mr Terrapin - Classic Reprint Author:Joel Chandler Harris INTRODUCTION — TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. — AM advised by my publishers that this book is to be included in their catalogue of humorous publications, and this friendly warning gives me an opportunity to say that however humorous it may be in effect, its intention is perfectly serious; and, even if it were otherwise, it seems to me that a volume writ... more »ten wholly in a dialect must have its solemn, not to say melancholy, features. With respect to the Folk-Lore series, my purpose has been to preserve che legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect-if, indeed, it can be called a dialect - through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern
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